Playing is an essential part of childhood. It aids children’s physical and emotional development. It also helps build problem-solving skills among a great many other benefits. Sadly, not all children have the same opportunities which is why I think the subject of this post is such a good idea. Fisher-Price has partnered with Save the Children to help some …
We love playing board games in our family so were happy to help out when the NSPCC got in touch about their Big Board Game Day event which takes place on 27 May. As you’re probably aware, the NSPCC leads the fight against child abuse in the UK and Channel Islands. They help children who’ve been abused to …
According to a survey published by the NSPCC today, one in seven adults in the UK achieved the job they dreamed of as a child – including one who said they became an astronaut. I’m definitely one of the lucky ones – despite not having ambitions that were quite as lofty, I ended up in …
This is going to be a challenge and a half… Macmillan recently got in touch to ask me to help raise awareness of its Go Sober for October campaign. And by ‘help raise awareness of’ I also mean ‘join it with’. Having had a couple of jobs in the charity sector myself, Macmillan is an organisation …
Save the Children is a charity that I’ve been meaning to show some support to since becoming a parent, so I was happy to hear from them recently when they got in touch to let me know about their newly-launched membership scheme. Save the Children Club gives 7-11 year olds the opportunity to learn about kids living …
We’re already nine days into the month that used to be known as ‘November’ and, for those of you have humoured me with encouraging comments, this is my first Movember update. I’ll let you judge how I’m doing from the photo below, but I’m happy with how it’s looking so far. The idea was to …